Gates of Retribution

The Underhold

Downfall

Encounters

Malkorok – Malkorok has been Garrosh's most loyal and trusted lieutenant throughout the Pandaria campaign. When the Warchief needed a volunteer to infuse with the power of Y'Shaarj, it was only natural that Malkorok would offer without hesitation.

The Fallen Protectors – The Golden Lotus and Shado-Pan guardians of the Vale of Eternal Blossoms were caught in the epicenter of the devastating blast that scarred the Vale, and torn apart by the dark energies. Their spirits linger in the place they once protected, confused and tormented by their failure.

General Nazgrim – Once a grunt in service of the former warchief, Thrall, General Nazgrim rose quickly through the ranks after overwhelming victories in Grizzly Hills and the sunken city of Vashj'ir. Fiercely loyal to the Horde and bound by a rigorous code of honor and duty, Nazgrim will hold the line for his warchief until his dying breath.

Thok the Bloodthirsty – When the Isle of Giants was discovered off the coast of Pandaria, teeming with primal devilsaurs, Garrosh sent troops to capture some of the most fearsome specimens, hoping to subjugate them and use them as beasts of war. Countless orcish beastmasters have fallen to Thok's jaws as they struggle to tame him, yet the creature's thirst for blood remains unslaked.

Immerseus – The ancient inhabitants of Pandaria recognized the vital importance of the lifegiving Pools of Power, building an underground system of aqueducts to safeguard the waters and nurture life in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. The touch of corruption has animated and twisted these waters, and Immerseus stands as an unnatural embodiment of the Vale's sorrow.

Paragons of the Klaxxi – The nine surviving Klaxxi'va Paragons are ancient champions of the mantid who fought alongside the Wakener against the madness of Empress Shek'zeer. But the paragons, as do all mantid, hold a far deeper loyalty. When Garrosh unearthed the heart of Y'Shaarj, the paragons followed the whispers of their ancient master to the iron halls beneath Orgrimmar.

Kor'kron Dark Shaman – Haromm and Kardris trained thousands of shaman to whisper reverently to the elements to requisition their aid. The army of Garrosh, however, does not ask - they take what they desire in the name of the True Horde. Dark Shamanism forces the elements into servitude, twisting them into burned-out ash, corrupted waters, and toxic air.

Iron Juggernaut – This mechanical terror, designed nearly as much for intimidation as destruction, is the centerpiece of Garrosh's siege weaponry. Crafted in the image of the mighty Kor'kron war scorpion, the Iron Juggernaut guards the gates of Orgrimmar, crushing any who would rise up to challenge Garrosh's True Horde.

Siegecrafter Blackfuse – Helix Blackfuse was the only goblin with the combination of engineering prowess, professionalism, and ruthlessness to satisfy Garrosh in his search for the engineer of the True Horde. A mercenary at heart, Blackfuse's love for his creations (and the gold they fetch) has forever linked his fate with that of his patron and Warchief.

Norushen – Some say that the mogu race was created in the image of this titanic construct, left deep beneath Pandaria to watch over and guard the continent's darkest and most dangerous secret.

Sha of Pride – The seventh sha, the Sha of Pride, was the final burden to which Emperor Shaohao clung, shrouding the land in mist and biding its time for millennia. When Garrosh awakened the Heart of Y'Shaarj, the force of his arrogance caused this dark energy to coalesce in the chamber where the Heart was unearthed.

Galakras – Warlord Zaela formed a close bond with Garrosh during events in the Twilight Highlands, and she and her Dragonmaw orcs have pledged loyalty to Garrosh's cause. Riding atop the fearsome Galakras, a direct descendant of the cataclysmic progenitor of all dragonkind, Zaela oversees the naval defense of Orgrimmar.

Garrosh Hellscream – Garrosh, son of Grommash Hellscream, first learned of his father's heroism when Thrall encountered the young orc in Outland. The seeds of pride were planted. Garrosh spearheaded Horde victories in Northrend and, as Warchief, consolidated Horde power amidst the chaos of the Cataclysm. But his visions of orc supremacy by any means have brought the armies of the world crashing down upon Orgrimmar... a final reckoning that Garrosh himself awaits with brutal relish.

Spoils of Pandaria – When Garrosh gazed across Pandaria, he saw untapped power. During the course of his campaign, Garrosh has plundered weapons, treasures, and artifacts of the pandaren, the mogu, and the mantid. They are kept in a warehouse deep within his underground base, guarded by a mysterious security system that appears to be of Titan origins.

Galakras – Warlord Zaela formed a close bond with Garrosh during events in the Twilight Highlands, and she and her Dragonmaw orcs have pledged loyalty to Garrosh's cause. Riding atop the fearsome Galakras, a direct descendant of the cataclysmic progenitor of all dragonkind, Zaela oversees the naval defense of Orgrimmar.

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Comment by link55557

And so it begins.

Comment by torka3

Nazgrim nooooo!

;_;

Comment by TheWheatOne

Nazgrim. Klaxxi. Golden Lotus. Dark Shaman. Sha. Our beloved city twisted. You've done it now Garrosh. We've been waiting a long time for this moment.... to kick your ass so far into the Great Beyond that you'll be going to Outland manually. And just like what you did to Overlord Krom'gar you'll see your death right before you, your tremendous failure and know the "True Horde".

Comment by bigworm2

NAZGRIM? I shoulda known :(

Comment by Whoisthiscook

WHEW! I'm so relieved to see that Saurfang isn't listed in the encounters!

Comment by VeronicaLn

I'm kinda disappointed a bit, well more surprised. I didn't think they would put the Sha Of Pride that early into the raid, I mean Garrosh is full of pride, as he should be. Why didn't they make the Sha of Pride the last boss, or even make Garrosh himself be overcome with the Sha of Pride?

Comment by Keelerak

Why did the Klaxxi paragons turn against their own queen when she was taken by the Sha and now they are on the same side with the Sha of Pride?

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Comment by andrewg

considering who the 1st 4 bosses are going to be, is siege of orgrimmar even going to start in org? seems to me it is actually going to start in pandaria. more specifically vale of eternal blossoms. probably the entrance will be in the area in the vale that the horde dug up where dark heart of pandaria takes place.

Comment by Retrotoker

LONG LIVE THE TRUE HORDE!

Comment by pipopoke

I was hoping we'd have to stop jaina from killing us and ruining the siege...

Comment by bitehattori

For Cairne Bloodhoof and the Tribes! Garrosh will see his end under the Tauren hoof

I'll defiantly be there on my Tauren warrior tanking his &*!@.

Comment by Joim

This is the moment I've been waiting for. This is the raid I've wanted to play since WotLK. This is the reason I'm back to WoW, to kick some red Garrosh ass... even if I have to defeat Nazgrim first. It's time to get rid of this so called warchief that it's only but a disease to the Horde. It's time to claim the Orgrimmar seat - for da Horde!

Comment by Hellscream69

They scared me, but it's Nazgrim, not Nazgrel! :D Well, he wasn't bad, but it's not a big problem.

Comment by Toastonfire

I have a prediction for what will happen, and if it does happen, it will make the game and the horde AMAZING. So, when we fight Nazgrim, when he is about to die he will say he made the wrong choice and wants to join us and foret Garrosh. Then, we will continue through the rad until we get to Garrosh, near the end of the fight, Nazgrim will help us and kill Garrosh. Then Nazgrim will be the new warchief!

NAZGRIM FOR WARCHIEF!

Upvote if you agree, hopefully blizz might see and make it come true!

Edit: This was posted in 5.3, it's not confirmed. (I wish it was)

Comment by Kalevala

Nazgrim why ? :(

Comment by Romire

Death to garrosh

Comment by BosephHeyden

I'm a bit shocked Gammon isn't on that list. I figured they'd have finally subdued him and infected him with some Sha powers.

Comment by Chibimisha

I hope there will be an unannounced bonus encounter, like algalon or raden

Comment by savvasferrari

FOR THE HORDE!

Comment by Drkgodz

Comment by Rankkor

I've been waiting for this moment for well over SIX YEARS.

Yeah yeah the alliance players may feel that they want him gone more, but think about this for a moment: You've only had to deal with him for 1 expansion, 2 if you wanna count Cata. Meanwhile we horde players have had to endure this diseased piece of rat rectum for four expansions starting in burning crusade.

He was a whiny annoying brat in TBC, acting like a spoiled idiot and throwing temper tantrums despite having the COOLEST GRANDMOTHER EVER (seriously Geia = AWESOME) an entire village trying to lift his spirits, and having the coolest orc to ever live being his mentor.

Then thrall redeems the tained image everyone had of Grom, and Garrosh seems to get over his emo phase, becoming energic, inspired, and strong. How does he repays everything we players did for him? (Seriously, almost 60 quests to try to cheer him up, and among other things we had to stop a legion invasion, blow up 2 of their forgecamps, assault the Oshu'gun ship, stop an all out war with 3 different ogre tribes, win an all out war with the Murkblood Broken, save all the spirits of the orc ancestors from a massive conspiracy of the legion, bring hope and life to a naaru, assault an ancient dranenei burial site, and bring the frikking warchief of the horde in person)

After that colossal clusterfrick of a task to cheer him up and inspire him to be the leader he has the potential to be, how does he greets us in northrend? Why I get off the ship, starting out fresh in a new expansion, my head full of hope, dreams, and inspiration that with the greatest heroes of the horde, we shall be victorious in this frozen wasteland. Then I speak to him and first thing he says is that I'm a chicken, a coward, that I wont last 5 min here, and spits on my feet.

-.-

Seriously, after EVERYTHING I DID FOR HIM HE HAS THE BALLS TO SPIT AT MY FEET. From that point I knew this was a jackass I'd never grow to like and could not be more eager to get rid of him, as he acted like a leeroy jenkins in Warsong hold, and gleefully contemplated butchering alliance children because that's all manly and stuff.

Did we got rid of him? nope, instead the jackass ruins a peace negotiation in the violet citadel, ruining the chance for peace between the 2 factions (varian was equally guilty but whatever) and then acts LIKE A COMPLETE MANCHILD IN THE ARGENT TOURNAMENT. He disrespects tirion, he smacktalks other competitors in both Trial of the Champion and Trial of the Crusader, and senselessly wastes the lives of several powerful horde champions over a pissing match.

But wait, it gets better, come cataclysm, he kills one of the most beloved leaders of the horde, Cairne, then treats the orcs like royalty and EVERYONE ELSE IN THE HORDE LIKE DIRT. Seriously, watch how he treats the goblins, or the blood elves, or specially the forsaken. He shows us absolutely ZERO respect, treating the goblins like slaves, calling the forsaken filthy bonebags, and calling the blood elves effeminated weaklings. He goes on a warmongering campaign against the alliance using very dishonorable tactics against them, and then acting like a completely bipolar jerk.

"Hey I'm gonna kill Krom'gar, because he attacked a town that had children on it" *cue some time later* "Hey I'm gonna bomb theramoore, who cares that is a town that also has children? if its ME doing it, then its totally cool"

He has singlehandedly taken everything thrall worked so hard to build, and pissed right over it, while infuriating almost every single horde player in the game.

I have to say this is a raid I've been looking forward for a long long time. And I hope to god that the mechanics are not too punishing, because 2 expansions later from now, I wanna solo this thing and kill garrosh on a weekly basis over and over for all the crap I've had to take from him over the past six years.

Edit: SPOILER aaaaand with the reveal of the ending of MoP as well as plot details of the next expansion, not only garrosh DOES NOT dies in this raid, he escapes, and starts everything all over again with a new bunch of orcs. So....... this entire raid was pointless. Anticlimax doesn't even begin to describe how I feel.

Comment by groovz

Will Somebody please think about how all this is Affecting Gamon?

His Home is under siege and his livelihood is in danger!

Poor Defenseless Gamon :(

Comment by Navariors

Nazgrim.Horde not forgot you. Bro fist.

Comment by kwizzlix

It sucks whats happening to Nazgrim, however atleast Riko seems safe.

Comment by MABGamer6407

So far things are looking good. It would seem that the Vale has become completely corrupted at this point. As well as it seems have become a advanced Terrace of Endless Spring. A Water Elemental. Corrupted Protectors. The Sha and a Sha lord. I like that they made the the vale known as Sorrows to it as it suits the Event nicely. Over al we are doing pretty much 2 Raids in one as he Vale event would do just fine with out Orgs part but combining the two makes up for less time needed to have 2 separate raids.It will likely be like Dragon soul in which it will start in the vale then you port to Org or as DS was maybe by Gunship? By the look of the Proto Drake boss I would't be surprised if we might have another Gunship air battle with the Drake like Warmaster Blackhorn's event. Its a shame we will have to kill certain loved Npcs, I have my doubts that the corrupted protecters will survive this event. I'm very interested in how the Iron Juggernaut fight will go. (Really looking forward to that.) It looks massive! By how you gota destroy parts of the machine an such i'd say it will be huge. I'm hoping it will be like the Garalon fight. An then there is Nazgrim's part in this. Very interested in how his fight will end up. I knew Malkorok and Hellscream were going to go into a crazy phase as they both are very alike and the fact that Malkorok is his most trusted warrior more so then even Nazgrim an more the brutal. Likely will get corrupted into a form similar to Hellscreams monster model. I'm pretty exited, besides the weapon models which i'm not really impressed with over all things are looking good. Can't wait to see what we are up against with Maps and models.

Now the question though is what are these Spoils that Hellscream has brought...that one i'm really questioning. Likely Mogu related.

Comment by regma

So Garrosh's plan of attack is to send daily quest givers after us?

Now I know not many like doing them but really.If this is the "True Horde". Then we're "doomed".

Comment by GhaithThePwner99

Comment by crunchybran

Ok, time to do some serious spank on Garrosh. I am making sure my two-handed axe is transmod into Gorehowl to kill him. Come join the fun. Kill him with his father's weapon which he has dishonored.

Comment by mek002

Im ready for this punk to go down ! To many have died because of him ! The Horde need a real war chief

Comment by Magnacus

So Galakras is Zaela's proto-drake? Zaela helped me in my hour of need and was pivotal in completing the Twilight Highlands, how could she turn her back on us? I hope all this is just a sha-corruption issue that we can solve by taking down Hellscream.

Comment by Tripfel

Garrosh, your father would be ashamed of you....

Comment by Aeliren85

Nazgrim's intro quote (Horde):

"So... it has come to this. Together, we have learned and grown over the years. And now... We find ourselves face-to-face on the battlefield. Oh, do not think I will go easy on you, nor do I expect any quarter.

What we do now, we do for the Horde! Both of us..."

Along with his Horde death quotes, this gives me goosebumps, even as Alliance. He's also one of the orcs I like.

/salute

THRALL'S BALLS!

Comment by Myrmidus

So glad we finally get to kill this jackass.

Am an Alliance player mostly (do have a couple of Horde characters though) but I hate the way that the Horde have essentially started becoming "the bad guys" since this ^&*!@# has been in charge of them.

Having said that I do understand the necessity behind it if they were to make the two factions go at each other as reasons for their conflict were getting a little thin. With Garrosh gone I'm not sure once again how they will justify the Alliance and Horde being at each other's throats.

But oh well we get to kill this ass!

Comment by Arberian021

I am an alliance and horde player. I playy both sides, but i hate this warchief and i want him gone or dead. Horde needs a real warchief not a fool who thinks about war and thinks that all the planet must be controlled by him.

And i hate the fact that Nazgrim is defending Garrosh. He must stay loyal to Thrall , not to this Warchief. Anyway Death to Garrosh- Fool Warchief of The TRUE Horde!

I hope Nazgrim will surrender and that Horde will get a real leader.

Comment by vindurza

I've been waiting a long time for this raid, ever since Garrosh was given the mantle of warchief during the cataclysm. Before He came to power the Horde were heroes, but then we began to fight amongst ourselves. It started with the death of Cairne, Garrosh slew him in a dual to the death. while this is not completely his fault the grimtotem tribe poisoned his axe. But Garrosh still challenged him to the dual that would of ended in his death regardless. following this he started his control by desecrating ashenvale and decimating the stonetalon mountains sacred areas to both the horde and alliance. with in the stone talons mountains he had his chance to become the leader we needed he shown what seemed to be true strength and wisdom, we even saw this with in the eastern kingdoms. but then we saw his real side at theramore were he committed the same crime he punished krom'gar for. after this atrocity it only got worse, we reached the shores of pandaria a land lost to us for thousands of years, with a fragile sense of peace. we brought war and death to the land unleashing horrors no one should have experienced. now the vale is completely destroyed, most of the golden lotus are dead, the shado-pan pandari's finest warriors have been defeated, and now Garrosh has the beating heart of an old god which caused the destruction. I'm sharpening my daggers for Garrosh's throat their is no way the horde can ever redeem ourselves for what we have done their is no way we can regain what we used to be but at least we can avenge those we have wronged. Garrosh your time has finally ran out.

Comment by mootrone

What will be the item level to enter Siege of Orgrimmar?

Or is it the same as current "tier" 480?

Comment by Vorderie

Nazgrim? The Klaxxi? No... too far... They will be remembered for what they have done in the past, but if they choose to stand between us and Garrosh, then so be it.

Comment by Sorayon

I'm wondering... If we kill Garrosh (with, ofc, the help from both Gamon and Saurfang), who will be the next warchief? Thrall is no longer available since he quitted. We will kill Nazgrim. Does anyone know another orc that might jump in? (not Saurfang because he is too awesome to be Warchief)

Comment by Eillesthis

Comment by Rizzatto

I've been out of the game for a year or so, but now I'm getting back in simply because I want to kill Garrosh. Yes, I hate him that much.

Comment by Nazurith

All I wanna say is, anyone who leaves after 1 wipe on a raid that is one day old should go shoot yourself.

Comment by LoboShu

Ok, for the new Flexible raid system I need to know this... and I'm pretty sure there are others who are curious as well... does the lockout on Flex act like a normal lockout or like an LFR lockout?

Basically... when you down a boss, do they stay dead til the following week... or will you be able to rekill them, without the possibility for loot that is, in a guild or pug group?

If it's like LFR I'll be ecstatic, if it's like normal I'll just have to be patient

EDIT: Thanks to Hulaine for answering this inquiry, I hope this helps others out with a similar question

Comment by Sas148

there are some legendary items in here so run it as soon as you can

Comment by nurseferatu

So first day on LFR. The usual fun of learning a new raid and the astronomical repair bills :DIt is probably preaching to the choir to beg folks to RTFM here, since if you are here that is probably what you are doing. Doesn't suck, and once groups get the hang of the mechanics no doubt it will take well under 4 hours.I am told (still looking for confirmation) of a bug regarding the testing phase of Norushen fight. Got pulled twice in a row and then dropped under the beam-o-death when returned from the second and insta-killed. Much swearing ensued. Not sure if that is just the RNG gods laughing or a borked mechanic.

Edit: Found blue and it is a bug!

Comment by Minautore79

Im now 0 loot out of 13 chances by going through 4 first flex mode bosses (2 times) and 4 first ones in LFR... (5 tokens bonus rolls).... ty blizz for new loot system! I love raiding for nothing! Think im gonna take a break from this game, my wallet will feel better and ill stop wasting my time doing these useless raid!

Comment by Enthorn

List of Raid Zones and Heroic Scenarios with ilevel requirements and ilevel of drops. Upgraded (2/2) ilevel listed in parentheses.

Heroic Scenarios(Blood in the Snow, Crypt of Forgotten Kings, Dark Heart of Pandaria, The Secrets of Ragefire)Queue Requirement: 480 - Requires group of 3 persons in party to queue.Normal: 516 (524)Note: Item rewards, if any, are contained in Heroic Cache of Treasures. Equipment has base stats and random enchantments relevant to class and specialization (determined upon opening), though stats may not be ideal by any means. Non-helm items do not have sockets on them; helms have meta and gem sockets.

Comment by ChaosBurst

Is there any reason that the Terrace of Endless Spring, Temple of the Jade Serpent and Temple of the Red Crane are on the map? Is that just a minor screwup, or is there more to the raid?

Comment by yzq85

10 years ago, I was there when Thrall built up the city with Rexxar, Chen and other members of the Horde. Now, I am laying siege to it.

Where did it all go so horribly wrong?

Comment by Arineazshal

Hello. Just curious as to what the minimum iLvl should be to enter? Been gone a few months and still learning about the new things added.Feel free to ask for help anytime while playing.

Arineazshal (Draka)

Comment by gruneholde

Noone here seems concerned about Gamon talking in Eredun?Anyone who knows whats going on about that please answer

Comment by Shikamarana

You can now use the new cross-realm raid finder for FLEX DIFFICULTY ONLY SoO in 5.4.2. It's important to note that this is not an automatic queue. There are two options, you can either look through a list of available groups, or you can list your own group. Briefly, there was no ilvl requirement for this but a hotfix has changed that.

Comment by leviathan2

Only read Rankkors post. Obviously he has turned 15 now. Ahhh the days of emo madness. DW mate, you only have let's see. About 10 more years to go. 10 more years for me to implement my tactics!

Comment by Archaix

I like how Varian puts all the gnomes on the front lines of the Orgrimmar landing party.

I'm in full support of the Alliance pecking order.

Comment by Centaurian

What do Horde players do for a raid? Siege of Ogrimmar and then do the dailies in Ogrimmar? This feels like a For The Alliance run with no point. The Eternal Vale was not whole long enough for me to miss it being blown up. I would rather have a dragon attack my home city than have to kill my own side. I blame it all on the Black Prince.

Comment by JGPenfield

I reviewed the gear loot for all the raids. Type/ Item levelSOO (Siege of Ogrimar) LFR / 522-530 (Helm only) Flex / 540-548Norm /559-567Heroic/ 572-580Throne of Thunder (TOT)LFR /502-510 Norm/ 522-530Hero /541-549Conquest (PVP) gear/ 550 (no upgrades)Crafted belt and pants/553-561Conquest gear has identical stats as PVE gear for an equivalent item level plus an additionional PVP power or resilience.So... for this current patch dated May 8, 2014, if you want to have the best gear for raiding SOO on normal, then you are better off grinding conquest points then doing LFR or even flex raids in SOO with the exception of the two trinkets slots. The pants and belt you should have crafted. The cloak should come from the legendary quest. LFR is useless for gear. Throne of Thunder is only useful on heroic mode, but a SOO flex raid is probably much easier. However, you get two chances per week for gear if you do a heroic TOT and a flex SOO.

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Comment by killigetsu

Vegetable... Finally... I can make Garrosh Hellscream a vegetable. Along with all the other d-bags that helped him... heh...

Comment by lecanard2

so if they are crunching stats then this raid will be weaker than the next tier so that means the mobs for htis tier will be reduced considerably weaker in order to correspond t o the new weakness of players right? maybe this will be reasonably soloable one day

Comment by MrJumpingBean

"mus_54_shavocaline_03"

Favorite track there.

Comment by Goodwinn

The MapID of Siege of Orgrimmar is 953. This is used for any WoW API function that requires a MapID.

For example, to set your current map to Siege of Orgrimmar you can type: